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Fishermen along the Meghna Rover (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
Want to know how to save a fish species? Ask a fisher
… fish. Call me weird but I find it soothing.  Part of my reason for being there was to listen to what local fishers had to say about the Hilsa, a fish species that is … research project, then I asked him an intentionally open  question: "What do you think needs to be done to recover H ilsa  stock?" Ali seemed …
Insight, 08 June 2014
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… Trees are good, generally, I am sure you will agree. What if they were also helping to grow us a post-capitalist future? Give me a minute before you conclude for sure that these are the ravings of a lefty tree-hugger.   I recently … solely on the market. Initiatives like these speak to SDG 15 (Life on Land) – the one SDG that explicitly covers forests, and as such should …
Insight, 11 February 2016
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… They provided an internationally agreed 15-year framework for defining and addressing the challenges of developing sustainably. … and experts with a critical eye to ensure that LDCs are getting what they need out of the new international agenda –  and that their … of UNEP's Scientific Technical Advisory Panel. She also currently works as the co-ordinator for the African Climate Policy Centre, and …
Article, 03 August 2015
Putting farmers first: Democratising and reshaping agricultural research in West Africa
… Farah Karimi, will chair the event, which the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has organised on 1-3 February in … Africa. The meeting will allow senior staff from the alliance to hear what small-scale farmers and food producers from a number of West … and resilience of men and women farmers. Their right to food and land must steer the agenda of agricultural research.” Dr Camilla …
News, 31 January 2012
The Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India) Trust offers savings, loans and micro credit schemes (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)
People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
… to find food and work. He worked as a carpenter and was homeless for many years. One day, he got a group of children to sing some songs … Ahmedabad because it would strengthen the slum dwellers’ claim to the land they were living on. So, SEWA and the slum dwellers came up with a … often don’t work well – if at all – in informal settlements. “What we are saying is let us all be winners – it will only help by …
Insight, 17 October 2011
A forest ranger takes measurements of a tree at Megeni Kitasha in the Rombo District in Moshi, Tanzania (Photo: FAO/Simon Maina)
IIED at the XIV World Forestry Congress
… the key issues and to share ways of addressing them. The theme for the conference, in Durban, was 'Forests and people: investing in a … to reduce deforestation and improve livelihoods. It explored what factors underlie their success and how to scale up. Three … Chinese-linked investment in forestry, timber trade and other land uses; and 3) major challenges and ways forward for improving the …
Event, 07 September 2015
Stands of giant bamboo, in what was once degraded cattle pasture, are ready to be loaded onto trucks (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Bamboozled by bamboo?
… Forest Connect workshop in Quito, Ecuador, entitled 'Risk management for locally controlled forest business: securing the future'. The … manage, they are often committed to sustainable use of forests and land. Group ownership often leads to fairer distribution of profits … Finally, group ownership requires some form of negotiated vision of what business is for – which tends to lead to greater buy-in to the …
Insight, 09 December 2016
A man walks past the river Niger in Mopti, Mali.
Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
… and local government, research, NGOs, politics, and donor agencies what they want a new president to deliver in the first term. Although … concerns about Mali’s soldiers taking revenge on Tuareg civilians for the rebel Aguel’hoc massacre . Mali’s chief negotiator, Tiébilé … National assets but decentralised power Making more productive use of land and water is the fifth priority. Despite vast arid lands in the …
Insight, 12 June 2013
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… and a scorecard, which benchmarks ten leading food and drink brands for sustainability and justice. It scores the brands under seven themes -- land, women, farmers, workers, climate, transparency and water -- and … company statements have their limits. They can result in measures of what companies aspire to, rather than of observable change, for example …
Insight, 27 February 2013